Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-10
TIE RIcHMoND pIspATCH--sUNDAY APRIL 10. 1881


other. Thus both the sire and dam OF
Trustce were, through Eclipse. de-
scendants OF the Stradd'ing Turk, oil
wbose blood Eclipse had nearly ono
eicbth--a blood which is said TO insure
trottinQ talents in all the thorough
breds that inherit it.
REvExUE's DESCENDANTS.
Revenue was evenmore distinguished
In the stud than on the turf, although |
he was at great disadvantage as to the
number OF high-bred mares accessible |
10 him in the locality in which the
prime OF his life was spent. His most
renowned son was Planet, undoubtedly |
the best runner OF fOur.mile-heat races |
of his day. His winnings ran upto the
extraordinary aggregate OF S75,Ow.
The other sons of Revenue from the
great old Boston mare Nina we're but
little less notable. Exchequer was not
only q winner of races, but when he
went into the stud became the sire OF
trotters, as shown in the table which Il
riven above, and believe was the first
| thoroughbred horse that came into the
category of standard" sires OF trot.
ters. Engineer. out OF Andrewctta,
! was another winning four.mlle-raee
horse that WAS q son of Revenue. 30
, WA Deucalion. out of The Queen by
| imported Prlam. Deucalion was never
beaten in any race, except one IN
which be fell lame at tue start.
His running career was sadly cut
short in the moment Of highest promise
by an accident in the streets OF New
York. received while on his way to
meet engagements on the Fashion
course. Fanny Washington, the best
| daughter of Revenue, was, as a runner,
scarcely surpassed by her half-brother
! Planet, and has become doubly noted
since as the dam of many great run
ming racers, probably the most distin..
| guishcd of whom is Eolus by imported
bennington.
his LATER HISTORY.
Revenue was rich bay, | believe,
without any mark very compact IN
form, with long, graceful neck and a
fine head of the Arabian type. He was
but fifteen hands half an inch high
but he weighed LOO pounds and
"stood over great deal of ground.
Such were his style, weight, strength,
and length of neck that he had the APP
pearance of size in the showing, being
of the sort called large horse in a
small form. Colonel Abe Buford had
Revenue in Kentucky for few years,
including those OF the civil war, and
while there showed him Il think at
fair in st. Louis for the great premium
of 81 900 for the best stallion IN the
United States. The question WAS be-
tween Revenue and Lexington and
Revenue won. Competitors worthy OF
each other Revenue grandson OF st.
Charles, son OF Sir Archy, son of Do
med Lexington, son of Boston, son
of Timoleon. son of Sir Archy, son of
Diomed. Unfortunately, no picture of
Revenue, and, | fear. none OF Trustee
is known to be extant.
! WHAT TURFMEN THoUGHT OF THE LITTLE
HORSE.
Mr.. Potts almost idolized Revenue.
Re was in the habit of saying there
wGs but one Alexander the Great, but
enc Hannibal, but one julius Caesar,
but one Napoleon BOnaparte, and but
one Revenue. Governor Lewis, OF
Virginia, III letter ! have lately re-
ceived from him, says: "Mr. Bolts
told me that Revenue never was beaten
when in condition, unless Colonel
Johnson wanted him to be so, i'll order
that he might match him against the
winner. He said that he once asked
Colonel johnson which he considered
the best race-horse, Boston or Revenue,
and that he answered, the old horse
had the heels of him, but / think if
the little horse could ever have gotten
near ROston's head towards the last OF
four.mile ace, he could have beaten
him to the finish. ,"
TIE CID TRUE RACING AND THE PRES
EMIT SCRUB RACING.
/ suppose Revenue had little more
bottom than Boston, though not quite
as much speed, except possibly at long
distances. Though his time is not as
fast as that of the dash races OF the
present day, yet it is to be considered
that he ran long distances in heat
races, over very heavy and very slow
tracks, far inferior in condition to the
fine tracks over which our modern
weeds run their scrub races at dis
tances measured in furlongs, and hard
ly ever in miles. 1t is to be remem-
bered, too, that in long heat races
horses cannot be put up at once to
their best speed. but have to wait more
or less upon their competitors with
reference to the cardinal object of
being ahead at the finish. Then time
was not much considered to beat the
race was the prime object. There is
always, in running over long distances,
wide difference between racing with
horses and racing against time. The
wear and tear, anxiety, and excitement
incident to false starts, the 0qUdium
cortdmiais, the fever of strife, and zeal
of rivalry, all cost the contestants in
race against heels and lungs several
scores Of seconds in the mere time of
the contention. Races against time
test only the brute powers of the ami
NAL, stimulated by whip and spur. The
nobler qualities OF the high-metalled
racer, the brave spirit of emulation, are
absent and wanting in executing the
mechanical feat of solitary programme
MPERAL DIoNED-Cdpite AHc Sian'e.
leone now to deal with greater horse
than Hambletonian, greater than Reve-.
nue., greater even than Sir Archy-the
imperial Diomed. Among the noble
arrayof American thOroughbreds stands
out like Saul, son of Kish, head and
shoulders above all, the noble figure of
Diomed His sou, Sir Archy, was the
best horse ever bred on American soil
Diomed the sire, worthy of the incom-
parable son, was the best horse ever
landed on American shores. AS son
of English Florizel, ont of the Specta-
tor Mare, he inherited from both pa
rents the blood of Flying Childers and
the Darby Arabian. and from his dam
that of the Godolphin Arabian. Thus
he possessed pedigree as immaculate
as distinguished. After winning the
Derby and accomplishing great career
on the English turf. and after there
populating the English Stud-Book with
as many as seventy of its celebrities by
his performances in the stud, he was
purchased, at the age of twenty-one,
for thousand guineas, and imported
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